Healthier school lunches, required for the first time this year, are getting some push back from students and teachers across the USA who say they are still hungry after eating the noon meal.

A new YouTube video parody, created by two teachers and some high school students in Kansas, has students singing We Are Hungry as they try to make it through the school day.

Other students from Massachusetts to South Dakota have spoken out about the new meals on websites and blogs, and some are brown-bagging it as a boycott to the healthier school meals. At the heart of the hoopla: New government nutrition standards, which went into effect this year in a bid to combat childhood obesity, require schools to serve more variety and larger portions of fruits and vegetables. And for the first time, there are limits on the calories that can be served at meals based on students’ ages. Plus, there are limits on the amounts of grains and proteins that can be served over the course of a week.

The standards raise the nutrition bar for the first time in more than 15 years. Schools must meet the standards to get federal meal reimbursements.

Moms out there – what do you think? I think kids need more protein and “good stuff” you can only get from meat, and the more vegetables you put on their plate, the more vegetables they can just throw away. And what about adding an extra 15 minutes onto the lunch hour so they have time to exercise? Either wolf down your food and get exercise or take your time and sacrifice exercise and now, protein. Let’s hear your thoughts, moms.